Convertible chair.



W. H. POOL.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.'

APPLICATION man APR. 29. 1914.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

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APPLICATION Fl WILLARD H. POOL, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

Application filed April 29, 1914. Serial No. 835,098.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLARD H. PooL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Chairs, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part hereof.

My inventlon relates to convertible chairs, and has for its object to produce a chair which can be quickly and easily converted into a bed, which will be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong and durable and comfortable whether used as a chair or a bed.

\Vith the above and other objects hereinafter explained in view my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a chair embodying my invention taken on line aa of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view on line b-Z of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, partly broken away, showing the device extended to form a bed. Fig. i is a side view of the construction shown in Fig. 3, the side of the chair part being broken away. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the detachable arm rests, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the supporting legs of the frame. Fig. 7 is a detail section to show the means for retaining the arm piece in place.

In the drawings the bottom frame shown comprises the side strips 1, preferably provided with casters connected by one or more cross bars 2. On the side strips 1 rest the chair sides 3, preferably with their lower edges formed on a curve as shown, so as to permit the chair to rock. The chair sides 3 are secured together by cross bars &. On their inner sides the chair sides are each pro vided with a longitudinal bar 5, serving as supports for the seat 6, which is formed of any convenient material adapted to support the seat cushion 7. About midway of its length and near its upper edge each chair side is provided with an inwardly extending pin 8, preferably of steel and preferably cylindrical. Along its upper edge each chair side is provided with an outwardly extending flange 9.

lVhen the device is to be used as a chair the upper edges of the chair sides each carry a removable arm rest, as shown, formed of a horizontal plate 10 adapted torest on the upper edge of the chair side, an outer strip 11 having at its lower edge an inwardly extending flange 12 adapted to fit beneath and engage the flange 9, and an inner broad strip 13, having at its lower edge on the side next to the chair side a flange 1% which fits beneath the pin 8, and preferably also above the pin 8 a spacing strip 15. By reason of this construction the arm rests may be readily slipped into and out of position.

Forward of the rear enos, the chair sides are each provided on their inner faces with a curved groove 16 extent-ting from near the level of the chair seat 6 to near the upper edge of the chair side, these grooves being adapted to receive pins 17 on the side strips of the head section of a frame which forms the bed bottom when in extended position,

This frame is made up of two sections, a

head section 20 and a foot section 21, each formed of a strip of angle iron bent to form sides and one end, the end of the head section being at the head end and the end of the foot section being at the foot. The angle irons are so arranged as to have one flange extending inward at its upper edge and the other flange extending downward. At their free ends the side flanges of the side strips of the frame sections are bent upward as shown at 22, 23, the ends of these up turned portions being secured together by pivots 24:, so that the two frame sections are pivoted or hinged together on a line above the plane-0f their sides. The inwardly extending flanges of the strips of which the frame sections are formed are provided with openings 25, through which are threaded wires 26 to form a support for the mattress 27, which is preferably formed in two parts corresponding in size with that of the two frame sections.

To the foot section 21 arev pivoted supporting legs 28 and 29, preferably formed of strips of metal in pairs, each provided near its upper end with an inwardly extending flange 30, to which the ends of cross bars 31 are secured.

hen the device is in extended position to form a bed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4: the legs 28 and 29 are swung down on their pivots and support the foot section of the frame, the upper end of the head section of the frame resting on the pins 8, the arm rests being removed.

When it is desired to use the device as a chair the foot section is folded over onto the head section, and the legs 28 and 29' are swung inward onto the side strips ofthe foot sections. The two sections inclosing the mattress between them are then swung upward,

turning on the pivot pins 8 and thepins 17 the frame is in this position it forms a back for the chair. The arm rests may then be slipped into place and the chair is then ready for use.

A leaf spring catch 33 is mounted on the inner surface at the rear end of plate 13 of the arm rest which engages with a notch 34: in the upper surface of the side piece 3 to secure the arm rest in place, as clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

A pad or cushion 35 is secured to the under surface of the head section 20 which, as shown in Fig. 1, when the parts are arranged as a chair, is the front surface of the back.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A convertible chalr comprislng chair sides, each provided with aninwardly extending pin and a groove to the rear of the pin curved on an arc concentric with the axis of the pins, and a frame adapted to rest on the pins and having pins arranged to be movable in the grooves. I p

2. A convertible chair comprising chair sides, each provided wlth an inwardly extending pin and a curved groove to the rear of the pin and a frame adapted to rest on the pins andhaving pins to 'be movable in Copies of this patent may be obtained for sponding to the length of the upturned porthe grooves, said frame comprising a head'45 section and a foot section each provided at adjacent ends with upturned portions pivoted together.

3. A convertible chairocomprising chair sides, each provided with an inwardly eX- tending pin and a curved groove to the rear of the pin and 'aframe adapted to rest on the pins and having pins to be movable in the grooves, said frame comprising-a head section and a foot section each provided at adjacent ends with upturned portions pivoted together, and a mattress carried by the frame formed in sections having thickness'correw tions on the frame sections.

4; A convertible chair comprising. chair sides, each provided with aninwardlyex tending pin, a frame pivotally connected with the chair sides and adapted to rest on the pins, and removable arm rests provided with plates adapted to rest on the upper edges of the chair sides and having side plates provided with flanges adapted to en-g gage the pins.v .1 V p 5. A convertlble chair comprising" chair sides'each provided with an inwardly'ex tending pin and having its upper edge-provided with an outwardly extending flange? a frame pivotally connected with the chair sides and arranged to engage the-pins,-and

removable arm rests each provided with a plate adapted to rest on the upper edge of the chair side, anouter plate provided with a flange adapted to engage the flange ofthe v chair side and an inner plate provided with 80,

a flange adapted to engage the pin.

This specification signed and witnessed this 21st day of Mar. an 1914. 7 WILLARD ooL. Inthe presence of' IRMA MARTIN, F. D. HALEY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

